Jake Gyllenhaal warned Josh Gad against starring in âcontroversialâ Book of Mormon
â??You cannot do whatever this is,â?? the actor said after hearing the showâ??s songs
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Josh Gad has revealed that Jake Gyllenhaal warned him against accepting a role in The Book of Mormon because it was too controversial.
The divisive musical comedy, from South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, tells the story of two young Mormon missionaries who are sent to Uganda to spread the word of Joseph Smith.
Gad, who was shooting Ed Zwickâs 2010 romcom Love & Other Drugsalongside Gyllenhaal after his first Book of Mormon workshop, asked the Oscar nominee for his opinion on the showâs music.
In his memoir In Gad We Trust: A Tell-Some, the star recalled: âOne day as Jake and I were driving home from set in Pittsburgh, I asked him if I could play a demo of a new musical that I had recently done a workshop for in New York, hoping to get his advice as to whether or not I should pursue it further.
âHe said, âYeah, pop it on,â and I played the opening number,â Gad wrote, per Variety.
The actor explained that although his co-star had âlaughed his ass offâ at the musicalâs wholesome opening number âHello!â, his verdict changed as the tracks became progressively more outrageous.
âI skipped to another track on the album and his face slowly went from joyful enthusiasm to abject fear and terror,â the Frozen star explained.
Josh Gad Jake Gyllenhaal in âLove & Other Drugsâ (Fox )âHe stopped the car and said, âDude, you cannot do whatever this is. This will be way too controversial. Who the hell wrote this anyway?â I paused the music and looked over at him. âThe âSouth Parkâ guys.ââ
Although Gyllenhaal advised Gad against being involved in The Book of Mormon, he played the role of Elder Cunningham on Broadway for 15 months anyway.
In 2011, Gad was nominated for a Tony Award for lead actor for his performance, losing out to Norbert Leo Butz as Carl Hanratty in Catch Me If You Can.
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Try for freeElsewhere in his memoir, Gad squashed claims his character in the 2017 live-action film Beauty and the Beast, LeFou, was intended to be Disneyâs âfirst-ever gay characterâ.
Gad and his âThe Book of Mormonâ co-stars Nikki M. James, Andrew Rannells, and Rory OâMalley ( Getty)âI canât quite imagine a Pride celebration in honour of the âcinematic watershed momentâ involving a quasi-villainous Disney sidekick dancing with a man for half a second. I mean, if I were gay, Iâm sure Iâd be pissed,,â he wrote.
Gad also revealed that LeFouâs sexuality was ânever once discussedâ with the movieâs creative team and described the infamous dancing scene as âharmless and âa fun blink-and-youâll-miss-it little beat.â
He wrote: âIt was both too little and not enough to be anything more than it wasâ.
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